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I'm Ready To Fight!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best boxing game so far (that's until Round 3 come out). The graphics are great plus the soundtrack and the haymaker I love that haymaker. It's a very easy game to get hooked to. The best thing about this game is that you can do combos and knockouts out this world. You should get this game and you will love it. I got this for New Year's and it was the best of the best.

Great Improvement Over first one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game because I enjoyed the first. The only problem I had with the first one was that it was very difficult to get high in the ranks before you were forced to retire. In this installment of the game you can just keep fighting, although with the slow loss of stats biting at your heals. The mini games to build your stats are easier. If you try to take the easy way out and to the auto train, you get lower results and can potentially hurt yourself, which in turn lowers stats. The gameplay itself is practially identical, with the addition of the haymaker. This is a more powerful hook or uppercut that takes more energy. A few well timed haymakers can turn the tides in almost any fight.
Changing weightclasses and unifying belts is a great addition as well.
Really nothing to say bad about this game other than it only has so much replayability. After you retire one fighter, making another is kinda fun, but you can only do that so many times.

More realistic than the first, but less fun...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

..Let me explain. The first Fight Night game introduced a new realism in boxing video games. It had realistic characters boxing styles stances, and a setup in which you could choose to fight a faster paced style, or one dedicated to more power. In Round 2 you see an improvement in detail, especially in the faces of the boxers. You are also introduced to something new which is the haymaker...which is both good and bad.

The haymaker, as you probably already know, is a punch where you put all of your might in order to try to score a knockout. The problem with this game is that it is very much focused around that one particular punch...and power in general. Your bob and weave doesn't seem to be as effective this time around...and if one of your punches is paried...your arms fall for 2 or 3 seconds, pretty much guaranteeing the opponent will get a haymaker in. This makes the game feel very cheap..unlike in the first Fight Night game, where a parry leaves you open for a split second..which seems more realistic. Also, the movements of the characters seem choppier than last time.

There are other new additions, such as playing a cornerman, and tending to cuts and swelling between the rounds and the ability to chose between two types of training before fights.

In closing..if the gameplay was more like the first fight this game would be absolutely perfect. I grew tired of getting a punch blocked and standing there like an idiot until I got busted by a haymaker

Almost Real!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great fighting game. You can create a person and start a career! When you punch people in the face they slowy begin to swell and then a cut will open and they begin to bleed! Every time you punch them blood splaters off their faces.
When you start off playing career mode you can make your own boxer or play with a known boxer. You start off in last place out of 50 other boxers you slowly work your way up to first place, then when you get to first place you have to defend your tittle!
There isn't much to tell about this game, just that it has good graphics, good joyicestick control, and that its a good game.

THE EXECUTIONER OF ALL BOXING GAMES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wowwwwwww. I truly love this game to death. I think by far the best platform for this is the Xbox. Anyway The graphics id give a 9.0, the sound/music 9.2 (espesialy since Big Tiggers gone) the gameplay, a 9.7, and overall probly a 9.8. I play this game online EVERY NIGHT and i just want to say no one could ever beat me, im the greatest in this game. And if you think you can beat me, meet me in the online lobby and we'll brawl fasho. But anyone who dosent have this game must get it. ITS A MUST HAVE!!!

No Competition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Fight Night round 2 is the most well put together stunning boxing game there is, but they have no competition with Knockout kings out. The Graphics are fantastic you can see the sweat coming off of the boxer, to the amazing varity of clothes your boxer can where to all the traing you need to do to keep up in this game you will never fell let down by the 50 dollar price tag. The gameplay is outstanding using the right analog stick to throw different and unique punches to get a KO. Usually announcers get on your nerves with all there gay and limited phrases, But fight nights has a annoncer that tells you every last detail of whats going on and what to watch out for. Fight Nights incredibley realism is amazing after each round they tell if u did good or not and give u stats of that round. You even have to cure the cuts and stuff, as you rise the rankings to the best boxer. I give it 5 stars no problem.

Best Boxing Game Ever....wait is that good????

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There are very few good boxing games in the history of Video games. In fact it's pretty much been Mike Tyson's Punch out and Ready to Rumble in a very, very distant second, with everything else totally sucking. This game changes that. It has a very good career mode...and let's get real, we all play to see ourselves knockout Ali,Frazier etc. Graphics are great...the cutman feature is good, replay value is ok. I played career mode in all the weight classes before I moved on to other games. The career mode...while good did leave some room for improvement so I will get Round 3 if/when it comes out.

I recommend this game to anyone who likes boxing.

Awesome Boxing Game - Strongly Recommended.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have played quite many boxing games and this one, I have to say, is one of the best. Though I haven't played the first Fight Night, I can't make any comparison with regard to this one.

The career mode is great. You could either create a new boxer (your own boxer with facial feature and body build type, etc...) or you could rebuild the career of those famous boxers came with the game. With new boxer, you would start out at 20 years old and fight until your boxer gets old and retire. This game mode is highly replayable.

A lot of people like the way EA makes the total-punch-control (using the Right analog stick to punch). Though I only use it for making the Haymakers. I still stick with the basic punch buttons for jabs, cross, and hooks. The game punching mechanism is extremely smooth. That is a big plus.

There are many things I like about this game. Graphic is awesome. EA makes the boxers look very real (great job). The best part is the fighting. In this game, you MUST BOX to win. This is not the type of game in which you would win depending on how fast you jam the buttons. You must dance around, defend yourself, and box! Patient is the key of winning. If you are not patient rushing in and punching yourself out to dead, you'll be KO fast.

I know some people complained about the computer would over-use the Haymakers in the Hard Level. It is true! In the hard-level, you don't expect to stand toe-to-toe trading with the computer. The computer is too fast for you and it will "haymaker" you to dead. Again, you have to be patient and box! The true champion is the one who could defend as well as (or better than) offend. The fun of boxing is only to hurt your opponent but also to protect yourself well from being hurt.

Overall, I would rate this game is one of the best boxing game out there available. Prior to this game, I vote for "Victorious Boxers". Unfortunately, "Victorious Boxers 2" never came to U.S.

If you are boxing fan, I would strongly recommend getting this game. It is very addictive.

I hope you would enjoy the game as much as I did. Have fun.

Pary Problems Solved, and the How to's of Haymakers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Look, most of these reviews are good, you all love the game, and have fun playing it, but you don't understand the true concept of the fistic arts! Let me qualify myself before I begin, I have never played Fight Night 2004, (I am however a big fan of KO Kings 2001 for ps2, and mt punch out, i hold the record for tko ing tyson in the first round with 25 seconds left) nor have i practiced FN Round 2 for ages I just picked this title up 3 weeks ago, I am 49-0 I hold 3 belts, Light Heavyweight, Middleweight, and the Unified Belt for 2 weight classes. I have never restarted my season or reset the game before a loss to the CPU and I play on "Hard". I am an actual amature boxer for recreation, not as good as my boxer in the game though. So... Let's begin the tutilage.
The first opponents you fight are plugs! They eat haymakers like crazy and will often just stand there as you dish out the pain. A good fight will last three rounds at most. Then when you start moving up the ladder you'll notice how much the AI's strategy changes from punching bag to haymaking demons. All you have to do with these tougher opponents is sit back wait for them to unleash a haymaker, lean out of the way and counter. Always Always keep your finger on the "lean" trigger. you should be leaning after every series of punches you throw. (In a fight I will effectively counter 90-100% of the time. Depending on how long the fight is, i will effectively counter at least 20-50 times. you should be countering this much to be hurting the other boxer and wearing him down)
Also, tough opponents will pick off your punches very easily such as the hook or uppercut, nevermind the winding haymaker! So lead with the JAB! A classic if not universal boxing basic! Its not hard to figure out that YOU WILL NOT WIN A TOE-TO-TOE FIGHT WITH THE CPU!!!!! They string together combos using haymakers so easily only Anakin Skywalker has the ability to see them coming! But if you are ALWAYS on the defensive you will avoid most of them and be able to counter the barage with a bevy of cross/hook combos. (i find this to be highly effective along with the cross/jab/jab combo)I know it is hard to wait for the CPU to make the first move, but is nessecary in order to win.
Also, never use a haymaker in the first couple of rounds, at least untill you score two or three knock downs. The CPU will parry them and leave you wide open for a Super Duper Haymaker Combo. The degree to which your fighter gets tired due to a parry varries according to what punch you throw. So for the person who reviewed this as some kind of defect does not know what he's talking about. If the CPU parrys a jab it will be difficult for them to catch you off guard and take advantage of your mistake. Converesly if you get a haymaker parried it takes a good second of recovery time. Be ready if you miss a haymaker.

In the early rounds the CPU is too fast and rested to fall for the old sneaky haymaker, so you MUST jab him to death for a few rounds. Stand back, and stick and move!!!! It is not fun, i must admit, but come round four, when you've got three knock downs and the CPU is just standing there waiting for the punishment, it gets good. you can have your way with them by simply paying attention. The Haymaker is easily recognizable before it is even close to being landed, so avoid it. If you're good enough, and I'm not that good at parrying, you can parry it and unload a haymaker of your own.
So lets review:
1) JAB JAB CROSS in the first few rounds. mixing in a counter combo
2) NO HAYMAKERS!! no haymakers untill you have a firm grasp on the fight and your opponent is well tired.
3) COUNTER COUNTER COUNTER! stick and move and counter the CPU's haymaker attacks. keep your finger on the lean button all the time! BE PATIENT AND HIT OFTEN RATHER THAN HARD!
These tips should help you out and make fight night way more fun.

stick and move!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The parry system is a problem but i can get by ok... My main gripe is the cpu throwing haymakers. The cpu will close in on you and swing until you fall which utterly crazy but other than that it's a great game! if you can get past the haymakers and find the right strategy against the parry you'll be able to school anybody and cpu like Winky Wright did to Felix Trinidad!

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